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Captain John Robert Cartwright

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-03-23
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jane Elizabeth Cartwright, mother. 378a Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student-at-Law
Address: 378a Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1979-11-24

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 10208
Highest Rank: Captain
Rank detail
  1. Captain (Army). 1916-06-14 to 1919-04-24
  2. Lieutenant (Army). 1915-12-28 to 1916-06-14
  3. Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-07-29 to 1915-12-28
  4. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1915-07-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 28, 1915 at Festubert and September 13, 1915 at Ploegsteert Wood
Awards

Military Cross
Date of award: 1917-01-01
Source: London Gazette No. 29886, pg. 45

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 91507
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1555-S017
Uploader's Notes:

Son of James Strachan Cartwright and Jane Elizabeth Cartwright (nee Young); husband of Jessie Carnegie Cartwright (nee Gibson) married October 8, 1915; husband of Mabel Ethelwyn Cartwright (nee Tremaine)

Wounded at Festubert May 28, 1915 and again at Ploegsteert in September 13, 1915. Served 1916 to 1918 as A.D.C. to three successive Generals Commanding the 3rd Canadian Division (Mercer, Lipsett and Loomis). Awarded Military Cross in 1917 for 'courage in face of the enemy'

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on December 22, 1949 and became its chief justice on September 1, 1967. He served on the Supreme Court for 20 years and retired on March 23, 1970

Prior service with the QOR

Uploader's Research notes:

3rd Battalion Nominal Roll

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Machine Gun Section Commissioned Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29258, August 10, 1915, pg. 7902 Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Division Headquarters Captain Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Division Headquarters Military Cross ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2012-02-09
Last modified: 2020-06-09